Tennessee Lady Vols basketball score vs. Virginia Tech: Live updates from NCAA Tournament

SEATTLE – Lady Vols basketball earned back-to-back trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since 2015 and 2016.

No. 4 seed Tennessee (25-11) has a rematch with No. 1 seed Virginia Tech (29-4) on Saturday (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

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The Lady Vols blew past their first two opponents, becoming the fourth team in history to win its first two games of the NCAA Tournament by 45 points each, according to ESPN Stats & Info. UConn is the only other team to accomplish the feat in 2001, 2010 and 2016, winning a title the last two times.

Virginia Tech defeated Chattanooga and South Dakota State to reach the Sweet 16.

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball vs. Virginia Tech: Game time, TV info

The game will tip off at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday and be televised on ESPN2.

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball score vs. Virginia Tech: Live updates

Fourth quarter

FINAL: Virginia Tech 73, Tennessee 64. Just not enough for the Lady Vols after cutting the Hokies' lead to 1. VT's Georgia Amoore with 29 points.

Jordan Horston had 17 points and Rickea Jackson had 15 for Tennessee.

1:34 left: Hokies keep getting stops and making free throws. They lead 69-57.

2:52 left: VT makes two free throws, then Tennessee turns the ball over. Hokies by 9.

4:24 left: Horston fouls a 3-point shooter, and VT's Cayla King knocks down all three free throws. That's a momentum stopper. Hokies lead up to 7.

4:50 left: Tennessee up to 16 turnovers, but only down 56-52.

7:20 left: A 16-2 Tennessee run now. VT is really struggling with the press. Lady Vols down 2.

7:42 left: Horston scores, then a Jordan Walker steal and layup cuts the VT lead to 4. Virginia Tech 51, Tennessee 47.

8:31 left: Nice move in the post by Rickea Jackson for a score. VT by 8.

10:00 left: Tennessee fans in Seattle on their feet to start the 4th quarter. If the Lady Vols cut this to 5 or better by the final media timeout...

Third quarter

End of the quarter: Virginia Tech 49, Tennessee 40. Momentum shift for the Lady Vols to get the deficit to single digits. Horston up to 10 points. Tennessee's press has impacted VT.

43 seconds left: Jordan Horston and-1. Lady Vols have made their last four.

Horston FT good. VT by 11.

1:44 left: D'asia Gregg 3 is good. Virginia Tech leads by 16.

3:30 left: Horston makes a tough layup, and the Lady Vols are within 13.

4:47 left: Jordan Horston and Rickea Jackson haven't scored since the 6:56 mark of the second quarter. VT 42, UT 27.

7:14 left: Uneven start to the second half, and that's not what the Lady Vols need. Virginia Tech 40, Tennessee 24.

Second quarter

HALFTIME: Virginia Tech 35, Tennessee 22. Lady Vols didn't score in the final four minutes of the half.

31.2 seconds left: Georgia Amoore hits his third 3-pointer of the half, followed by a Tennessee offensive foul. Amoore has 15 points. Hokies by 13.

1:09 left: A Tennessee turnover after five straight VT points. Hokies lead 32-22.

3:25 left: Interesting stretch there with Horston and Jackson out of the lineup. That happens during a stretch in which VT sits Kitley.

Virginia Tech 27, Tennessee 22.

7:32 left: Elizabeth Kitley picks up her second foul while trying to grab an offensive rebound. Big stretch here, with VT sitting its biggest advantage.

8:17 left: That's a big 3 for Jordan Horston off an offensive rebound. Lady Vols within 4. Offensive glass has produced a couple open 3s for Tennessee so far.

9:17 left: First made shot of the day for Jordan Horston. 20-15 VT.

First quarter

End of the quarter: Virginia Tech 18, Tennessee 13. Vols shot 31% in that period, but found some decent looks. 1-7 from 3.

39 seconds left: Rickea Jackson and-1! FT no good, but Lady Vols hanging in down 18-13.

1:45 left: Rickea Jackson buries an open 3 off of quite the scramble and offensive rebound.

2:40 left: Tennessee begins 0-6 from 3. Lady Vols trail 16-8.

3:59 left: Virginia Tech 13, Tennessee 6. Lady Vols need to tighten up defensively and take care of the ball on offense.

7:54 left: Virginia Tech out to a 7-0 start, hitting 3 of its first 5 shots with two offensive rebounds.

10:00 left: Let's do this in Seattle. Lady Vols and Hokies underway.

Pregame: Ohio State eliminates UConn

The Huskies' Final Four streak is over. Ohio State won 73-61 over UConn in the day's first game in Seattle to advance to the Elite Eight. The Buckeyes forced 25 turnovers in the win.

It'll be the first Final Four without the Huskies since 2007.

The winner of Tennessee-Virginia Tech will play the Buckeyes at 9 p.m. ET on Monday.

Tennessee-VT game time will be approximately 6:40 p.m. ET.

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